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TIL that a shogun of Japan named Tsunayoshi Tokugawa loved dogs so much that he set laws for dogs in place such as making it a capital crime for harming a dog and saved over 50,000 dogs from the streets, placing them in kennels begrudgingly funded by citizens of the capital city of Edo.

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loV0G TIL North Carolina has, along with the usual 'official state' things, an official beverage, boat, carnivorous plant, dance, dog, frog, freshwater trout, marsupial, tartan, and toast.
9YAl7 TIL that vending machines, champagne corks, coconuts, and elephants all kill more people a year than sharks.
EgxBx TIL about the green flash during sunset, a phenomenon that occurs at sunset and sunrise when conditions are favorable, and results when two optical phenomena combine: a mirage and the dispersion of sunlight
lZeG TIL that James Gunn wanted Chris Pratt for Guardians of the Galaxy so much he was willing to CGI a six pack on the actor
9Y9e6 TIL Outlaws Bonnie and Clyde would often kidnap people, but drop them off with enough money to get home. After they found out one kidnap victim was an undertaker Bonnie laughed and said he would likely work on her body one day. He did exactly that.